Quote from: Naga on February 11, 2016, 10:13 AM
Be very careful using the Mangal powder if you want to keep your flowing locks!

Just seen that if we're thinking along the same lines ;D

Sidetracking slightly but still on Balti, the nicest ones I had were from Imrans and the Al Frash. Both similar. The closest to them I've been was with the Mangal Balti powder Chewy recommended and we both agreed that the taste in the curry, you could smell in the box but we couldn't put our finger on it at the time. Perhaps need to start again. I'm sure I'll be back down Ladypool Road soon. And as Chewy points out in the massive Balti thread, there's an authentic 15min recipe on the back of the box.

Quote from: Geezah on February 10, 2016, 09:04 PM

lol, I'm off to Iceland shortly and you smell rotten eggs everywhere.... even whn you run a tap

What in the freezer shop?


Just kidding  ;D ;D 

Quote from: Geezah on February 10, 2016, 09:02 PM
I'm very surprised that there are no whole cardamon pods being used as most balti's I have had you will find one somewhere in the dish.  (I'm in the midlands and have used the Birmingham triangle considerably)

I've been to quite a few now and as I've said before, 'Will the real Balti please stand up' Quite a bit of difference between the balti houses there. 

Noooo. Sulphur dioxide rotten eggs ;D

I've got a carbon steel wok, a non stick wok, a cast iron wok, a stainless steel frying pan, a selection of non stick frying pans and saute pans of all prices and even a genuine Birmingham Balti pan but I still prefer my cheap aluminium pan for curries.

There's all sorts of pans in use on the forum. Personally, I use a

Never bought it in a shop. Always previously had it in a restaurant but I went to buy some to try a tikka dish and thought 2 pints of milk was cheaper (god i'm getting tighter in my old age...help).

This may be the recipe but i can't really remember as I looked at a few

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-paneer-cheese-in-30-minutes-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-57008

Anyway is was easy and i dare say you can add subtle flavourings to it etc as it dosen't have a lot of taste (cottage cheese). Quite fancy trying this though

http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/chilli-paneer-dry-recipe/

Or save as    change.doc to .xlsx

it will open as a.xls file but will complain. Well mine does anyway 

Its a doddle to make and works out a lot cheaper. Made some a few months ago for a veggie mate coming to a BBQ at mine. Doesn't take long and I just bought a piece of muslin from the Kilner stand in Wilkinsons to make it.

Of course I didn't take any photos and remember after it was scoffed